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He must have some other [ulterior] motive for saying things like that.

He has a very strange way of speaking.

Don't ask the same thing over and over again. I explained it properly to you already. It's getting tedious.

He is complaining about something or other all the time.

That way of talking is typical of him.

An amusing anecdote [story] is told about him.

He is not quite outspoken.

He is a bit too noncommittal.

His story must be taken with a grain [pinch] of salt.

His words cannot be taken at (their) face value.

He is sometimes very joky and bright.

He is always talking to himself―saying something to himself.

He claims he didn't mean any harm, does he? That's his usual play [trick, tactic].

He has, to use a conventional phrase,“seen better days.”

He has no particular literary work to speak of.

He always talks as if he knew everything.

Whose bright idea was that?

The idea of his talking in such a lofty strain!

The remark is characteristic of the man

It is just like him to say so.

I haven't heard a peep out of him lately.

Oh, come on. What are you grizzling about this time?

Friends help each other. Just let me know what's wrong.

As I passed by, every one of them shouted out the same thing over and over again, "We don't see Loroupe [Takahashi's archrival in the race]!"

He has no secrets from me.

He keeps nothing secret from me.

He is given to exaggeration

He will make a mountain of a mole-hill.

He's always talking like a big shot, but it won't be long before all his faults are exposed.

His long-winded speeches beat me―bore me―I am bored to death by his long speeches.